Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2021 stage 16: Sacile - Cortina d'Ampezzo 212km

[Red Rick]

New option of skipping Pordoi

And how's that supposed to work without skipping Fedaia

Save the babies, kittens and qurans

 

[Volderke]

And here comes the whiners...
As in, people complaining about it on the internet, not the riders.

All we want is Panem et circenses. Not asking too much

 

[Pricey_sky]

Seems like a significant part of the peloton has taken up the wrong sport and should've taken up football or golf instead.

I dunno, 5 hours in the freezing cold or pouring rain, trying to find my golf ball that I can’t hit straight is no fun.

 

[SafeBet]

No Fedaia and no Pordoi.
Should be official.

 

[Rollthedice]

And how's that supposed to work without skipping Fedaia

Save the babies, kittens and qurans

#Giro - Rai reporting that majority of riders wants to do the stage as it is and it's the main option on the table now.

Nibali had a tranquillo night and will start.

 

[RedheadDane]

How does being in a bus at the stage start inform riders of the conditions of the descents of the stage?

I'd still wager they have a better knowledge than us sitting in Denmark...

I dunno, 5 hours in the freezing cold or pouring rain, trying to find my golf ball that I can’t hit straight is no fun.

Even worse if it's snowing, and you're using a white ball, I imagine.

 

[Rollthedice]

No Fedaia and no Pordoi.
Should be official.

It's official nou 155km stage.

 

[Red Rick]

I want to know who didn't want to do the entire stage.

 

[roundabout]

No Fedaia and no Pordoi.
Should be official.

meh

guess this is the way things are going to be now

Edit: is the finish in Cortina? if it is, then i don't really get it

 

[Netserk]

No Fedaia and no Pordoi.
Should be official.

They better document fully how the descents of Fedaia and Pordoi are dangerous.

 

[Volderke]

Only Giau. 155km. Meeeeh.

 

[RedheadDane]

Who wanna bet it'll be a great stage regardless?

 

[Netserk]

I'd still wager they have a better knowledge than us sitting in Denmark...

So what kind of information is it that is exclusive to them? Exclusive images of the descents?

 

[Red Rick]

Who wanna bet it'll be a great stage regardless?

Just redefine the word "great" and you can't lose.

 

[Amazinmets87]

Again, I question why I follow this race. All this hype for supposedly mythic stages only to have them be relegated to mono-climbs.

 

[Cookster15]

So annoying when the weather intervenes like this. But what can we do but complain? It is what it is. I remain positive it will be a great stage racing wise but we will be robbed of epic pictures.

 

[SafeBet]

I feel for all the people who were already on Fedaia and Pordoi under the rain.

 

[Red Rick]

So what kind of information is it that is exclusive to them? Exclusive images of the descents?

They have inside information about riders who became pro cyclists then decided they really hated racing

 

[BlueRoads]

I don't know what the weather is like, so I can't judge. The Italians here are probably better informed.
Last years shortening was a disgrace, but probably a result of behind the scenes power issues. I'm all for safety, so if the stage is indeed overly dangerous (ice on the descents, heavy storms or extreme gusts of wind expected, such things) cancel it. But don't cancel it because it's cold. There must be ways to be clothed for that sufficiently to get through the stage.

 

[Netserk]

So annoying when the weather intervenes like this. But what can we do but complain? It is what it is. I remain positive it will be a great stage racing wise but we will be robbed of epic pictures.

Unless it's freezing conditions (or other clearly dangerous conditions), it's not the weather that intervened.

 

[RedheadDane]

So what kind of information is it that is exclusive to them? Exclusive images of the descents?

You just refuse to accept that they'd have local knowledge that we'd have no access to, don't you?

 

[Rollthedice]

Nibali upon hearing there's no Fedaia

 

[RedheadDane]

Just redefine the word "great" and you can't lose.

If you decide beforehand that's gonna be a sucky stage, then it's likely you'll find it a sucky stage.

 

[roundabout]

You just refuse to accept that they'd have local knowledge that we'd have no access to, don't you?

The way i read the various bits of news is that climbs were removed out of fear that the weather can get worse, not that it's currently too bad to ride them

 

[Red Rick]

If you decide beforehand that's gonna be a sucky stage, then it's likely you'll find it a sucky stage.

I wanted a sucky stage with Fedaia and Pordoi, at least worthy of the queen stage label, worthy of a Giro Dolomiti stage.

Instead we get... this.